CARDIOTHORACIC RESEARCH
The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery is heavily invested into innovative science through a broad range of research interests. Our faculty support basic, clinical, and translational laboratories to promote our mission of meaningful engagement in academia. In these pages, you will see the diverse areas of scientific endeavors that are accessible to our trainees, research fellows, graduate students, and faculty.
The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery is committed to promoting an environment conducive to cutting-edge technology, training of the next generation of surgical-scientists, and moving our field forward.
PUBLICATIONS
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GRANTS
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PROJECTS
Explore research programs like the Utah Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Therapy (U-START) Program.
UTAH STEM CELL & REGENERATIVE MEDICINE THERAPY (U-START) PROGRAM
Welcome to the Utah Stem Cell And Regenerative Medicine Therapy (U-StART) Program, which is dedicated to help patients through the advancement of stem cell and gene therapy research. For people who have had a heart attack, angina, or heart failure, standard treatments may stabilize the condition but will not restore heart function to its previous condition.
The U-StART program, with it's highly trained team of nurses, cardiologists, and surgeons, are working to further the current understanding of how stem cells and gene therapy can work to improve heart function.
FAQS ABOUT CLINICAL TRIALS
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RESEARCH LABS
Explore the three research labs: The Selzman laboratory is part of a multi-disciplinary, multi-departmental group focused on understanding both the failing and recovering heart. The McKellar lab is actively studying the mechanisms associated with right ventricular failure and recovery. The Dosdall laboratory is working to determine the role of fibrosis in conduction disturbances and the development of atrial fibrillation. He is also studying the role of the specialized conduction system in the ventricles and the onset and maintenance of dangerous cardiac arrhythmias.
The Dosdall lab utilizes cardiac mapping techniques to investigate the onset, maintenance, and treatments for cardiac arrhythmias. Specific areas of emphasis include understanding the mechanisms of irregular arrhythmias such as atrial and ventricular fibrillation and developing improved translational therapies for avoiding and terminating them.
The Selzman laboratory is part of a multi-disciplinary, multi-departmental group focused on understanding both the failing and recovering heart.
The Selzman lab is housed within the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and the University of Utah Molecular Medicine (U2M2) and is located in the Eccles Institute of Human Genetics.
RESEARCHERS
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